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Zoisite from
Milford Quarry, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zoisite
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zoisite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milford Quarry, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:97702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97702:1
GUID (UUID V4):98c9d36b-d1ae-43f2-b857-710c9b17f15c
References
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Report (issue)
Zoisite Ca2 Al3 (SiO4 )(Si2 O7)O(OH) ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...In the USA, at Goshen and Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; in the Keystone quarry, near Cornog...Chester Co., Pennsylvania; at Milford Heights, Baltimore Co., Maryland. From around Spruce Pine, Mitchell...pure zoisite and clinozoisite. J. Geol., 69, 604{609. (4) Hurlbut, C.S., Jr. (1969) Gem zoisite from...º A. Kvick (1987) Neutron di®raction study of zoisite at 15 K and X-ray study at room temperature. Zeits
Report (volume)
............................................. Milford..................................................geology........................................ The quarry............................................ New...quarries........................................... Milford..................................................................... Glossary of scientific and quarry terms.................................. 140 140......... III. A, Dell Hitchcock quarry, Quincy, Mass.; B, Galvin quarry, Quincy, Mass.................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by...tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil
Report (volume)
___ 89 Waldoboro, Maine____________________ Milford, N. H________________________ Westerly and Charlestown...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the 12th at the Keystone Trap Rock Quarry at Cornog, Chester County, Pa. thru the courtesy of the owners...14, 1956 To the quarry of the Limestone Products Company, Lime Cr,est, (Sussex County) N . J. There were...temperature and the immense quarry offered an inspiring challenge. The rock of the quarry consists mostly of metamorphosed...chondrodite, Portion of Limestone Products Co., quarry, Lime Crest, Sussex Co., N. J., scene of Mineralogical...Shulman. The Loux family's showing of local (Bucks County) fossil wood was outstanding. There was also a
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...feldspar. The locality, I believe, is a granite quarry. I have been told that, at the site, the large...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...Manhattan, NV, from the Twin Creek Mine, Humboldt County, NV. The crystals are about 3/g to 5/g inch (1...with fresnoites from the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, CA, which he described in the Mineral News of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A new California mineral is perovskite
Book (edition)
from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...biotite in composition. ZIRCON-Zirconium silicate ZOISITE-Calcium aluminum silicate 9 PART n. Descriptive...found in the aegirite-granite at the Flatrock (Quarry in Waterford. Its color is dull black to brownish
Report (issue)
Description 38 275- TO 280-M.Y.-OLD GRANITE IN THE MILFORD-MASON, N.H., AREA________ :~ 39 Nomenclature...biotite, chlorite, calcite, calcic plagioclase, zoisite, calcic amphibole, diopside, grossular, and scapolite...synthesis 106 11 Generalized geologic map of the Milford, N.H. , quadrangle (modified from Aleinikoff, 1978)...age (Grenville) are Figure 2. Index Map 1. Milford, N.H. 15 minute quadrangle Aleinikoff (1978) 2...(Pb/U age on zircons: Aleinikoff, 1978) in the Milford, N.H. , area lends support to the hypothesis of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mostly in small amounts. A bed near Pyriton, Clay County, Ala., was worked for copper. One was mined near...near Stone Hill in the southern part of Cleburne County at what was called Wood's copper mine and also...to Carrollton, Ga., and shipped from there to Baltimore. A large amount of ore is still piled near the...ilmenite and pyrite associated with it) in New Milford Litchfield Co., under the old Lover's Leap Bridge...the Housatonic River about a mile south of New Milford Township. Of dozens of xls gouged out of the quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58...30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640, 1924...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Brill. Id.aho Bta. Mines ond.Geology,vol... Alstead, Roxbury, Danbury, Baldface Mt., and Milford. Types of pegmatite: Many are granite complex,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine, which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble...York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished the granite base for...through­ out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...construction, from Danbury just north of Agstone quarry to Iron Works district in Brookfield: albite, allanite...scapolite, sphalerite, spodumene, staurolite, zircon, zoisite. R o u t e 25 construction, Trumbull, Daniels F
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...HAMPSHIRE. 13 milk white quartz, abundant. Epidote. Zoisite. Green Carbonate of Copper, earthy, Granular Limestone...) WESTMORELAND. Fluate of Lime, light green. Zoisite, in ash grey, much compressed, deeply striated...BRATTLEBOROUGH. Clay Slate, extensively quarried. Zoisite. (C.) Micaceous Iron Ore, beautiful, in Ball mountain...abundance ; has been called tremolite, and it zoisite. (Sil. 6.225.J Clay State, used as roof slate
Book (volume)
Georges twp., Fayette Co. At the Mill view limestone quarry near Forksvilie, Sullivan Co., in small pieces...found in cavities of dolomite at the soapstone quarry, at Lafayette, Montgomery Co. (T. D. Rand.) 10...Reading, this mineral is found Berks Co., at Epplcr's quarry, at Leesport and at Fritz Island. 14. FLUORITE...of Emaus, occurs in the Ironton R. R. Co.'s quarry at Ironton, Lehigh Co. And massive, of a deep purple...Reading; " Dam " S. of Reading; at Brook's quarry, DeTurk's quarr^, Exeter twp.; at the amber colored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
examples come from the Jeffrey mine (also noted as quarry on some labels), Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité...been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately...Lowell quarry (also labeled as Eden Mills quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont...acquiring it. Grossular from Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, occurs as greenish-red dodecahedra
Journal (issue)
Huizing, 534 I Thrasher Dr, Cincinnati OH 45247 USA Please, make checks payable to Mineralogical Almanac...1907, Endicott discoYered amazon stone in Custer County, aquamarine and rose quartz at the Wild Rose claim...(later known as the Devils Hole pegmatite), Fremont County and facetable almandine garnets near Canon City...Richland County, Wisconsin. He married Effie I. circa 1890 in Wisconsin and moved to Rye, Pueblo county, Colorado...discovery after the discovery of the San Diego County gem fields. At this point, Schaller specialized
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
George R. Elberfeld Vice President 25 Highland Ave. Milford, N. H. PENQUIS ROCKS AND MINERALS CLUB DOVER-FOXCROFT...mines, and the Cormag Quarry. The day's finds included graphite, blue quartz, zoisite xl's, chalcopyrite...calcite. On Sunday the group visited the Cedar Hill quarry where finds of deweylite, picrolite, williamsite...The clubs then went to the Bethlehem Limestone Quarry at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, where quartz xl's...A one day trip by bus to Middleville, Herkimer county, New York was attended by fifty members and a pleasant
Report (volume)
Rock ................................. 22 Dexter quarry............................................ 24........................ 26 Contact rocks on the Milford granite................................... 26 General...effect of the Milford granite on inclosed Cambrian schists at the Saylesville granite quarry .........:...from southwest to northeast through the limestone quarry. Prof. W. 0. Crosby, as the result of a brief visit...into a "Emerson, B. K., Geology of old Hampshire County: MOD. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 29, 1898, p. 18
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing...item p. 109, March-April, 1959, R&M. MARYLAND—At the Teeters quarry, New Windsor, Carroll Co., Md., small...Ernest H. Fisk, Chesterfield, Mass. The specimen is zoisite in fibrous aggregates of a bluish-gray color. MICHIGAN—"I
Report (volume)
____________________ 19. Sketch plan of Knickerbocker quarry at Mill Lane..________ 20. Map showing location...New York, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg...Chambersburg (Harrisburg) peneplain in the Piedmont of Maryland and Pennsylvania: Idem, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 553-573...Chambersburg (Harrisburg') peneplain in the Piedmont of Maryland .and Pennsylvania: Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol...Chambersburg (Harrisburg) peneplain in the Piedmont of Maryland and Pennsylvania : Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol
Journal (issue)
Tremolite Locality South of Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York Steven C. Chamberlain sccham2@yaho_o...of Russell in the Town of Russell, St. Lawrence County, NY. He visited the locality frequently over a...property. It covers the top ofa low mound just west of County Rt. 24, about 2. 7 km south of the four-corners...More such localities in this part of St. Lawrence County are likely to be discovered in the future. 5 Acknowlcdgments...Classic danburite locality near Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York: New collecting and new research. Rocks
Journal (issue)
Historic Katerina Mine Pala District, San Diego County, California Jesse Fisher 380 Pennsylvania A venue...Diego County, California. First discovered during the "Gem Rush''that occurred in San Diego County during...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...the mail services. Many people subscribe in the USA by first class mail to get faster delivery as do...Mineral News on page 7, in the paragraph regarding zoisite from Leipervillc. Delaware Collecting Arkansas
Journal (issue)
rejoice quite yet. The main features listed for Grand County, Colorado, for example, are gravel pits and coal...won't appear (the Green Ridge Pegmatite in Grand County, described in Stephen Voynick's book is not listed....... I usually start by entering the State and County. A "Commodity" field allows one to search by element...names of all of the "Copper" localities in the county (27 of them) to see that the listing was under...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abbotsham Cliff. FIG. 16.—Grey sandstone. Pit Quarry, Abbotsham Village. Q, quartz ; P, plagioelase...andalusite. enstatite. hypersthene. staurolite. topaz. zoisite. Tetragonal. Monoclinic. cassiterite. orthoclase...showing emergence of positive bisectrix (Fig. 4c). Zoisite. Not scarce. Colourless, prismatic, with perfect...twinning does not extend, have been referred to zoisite. The plates which are parallel to a perfect cleavage...cleavage. The diagnosis agrees with plates of zoisite elongated parallel to the trace of the twinning
 
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